Arena Friday 2 May 2014
with Alan Corr - Mark Rylance, Damian Lewis and Jonathan Price in the cast of the BBC tv adaptation the Wolf Hall, Jeremy Paxman to try his hand at comedy, a growing hurling hip hop culture in Ireland - rap song The Art of the Clash already making waves
Damien O’Connor and David McCamley from Brown Bag films talk about their new short film “Anya” made to raise funds for the Debbie Deegan charity To Russia With Love
Watch the film at brownbagfilms.com
Donate at torussiawithlove.ie
Evelyn O’Rourke reports from the launch of the book “The Club At Eddy’s Bar” by Zoltan Boszormenyi which explores the cultural links between Hungary and Ireland (published by Phaeton Publishing)
the actor/playwright Rob Ward talks about his role in “Away From Home”, a play about the culture of homophobia in football which is on in Dublin next week as part of the Dublin Gay Theatre Festival
Full listings at www.gaytheatre.ie
Sinead Gleeson and John Meagher review new albums - "Sheezus" by Lily Allen, "I Never Learn" by Lykke Li and "Nikki Nack" by Tune Yards
Air Balloon
Lily Allen
4:03
Silver Spoon
Lily Allen
0:50
Love Me Like I'M Not Made Of Stone
Lykke Li
3:41
Sleeping Alone
Lykke Li
2:54
Water Fountain
Tune Yards
0:55
Wait For A Minute
Tune Yards
0:58
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Presenter: Seán Rocks